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Router Prerequisites
The router prerequisites ensure that the router is correctly set up.
The following router prerequisites must be met before logging in to a router using the CWI:
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Ensure that the base image and Manageability pie have been installed and booted up on the router that you will be
connecting to using the CWI client. Optionally, install and boot up the Crypto pie to enable SSH and SSL functionality, and
the MPLS pie to enable a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) configuration. Refer to the
Cisco CRS-1 Series Carrier
Routing System Getting Started Guide
for information on booting up the base image.
•
Ensure that connectivity is established between the router management Ethernet interface and the CWI client. Refer to the
Cisco CRS-1 Series Carrier Routing System Getting Started Guide
for information on connecting an Ethernet interface from
the CWI client to the router.
•
At least one username and password must be configured on the router. A valid authentication, authorization, and
accounting (AAA) username and password for accessing the router must be configured. Refer to the
Cisco CRS-1 Series
Carrier Routing System Getting Started Guide
for information on configuring usernames and passwords on the router.
CWI Client Prerequisites
Ensure that the CWI client is correctly set up to communicate with the router. No special configuration is required on the CWI
client.
4
Setting Up the Router and CWI Client
This section provides the procedures that must be completed, in sequence, before you can start using the CWI. The procedures
include setting the minimum router configuration that will allow the router to communicate with the CWI client, configuring
the required Management Services, and configuring the CWI client.
The following two procedures are provided:
•
Setting the Minimum Router Configuration, page 7
•
Setting Up the Required Management Services, page 7
Refer to the
Cisco CRS-1 Series Carrier Routing System Getting Started Guide
for information on the capabilities of the router,
installing IOS-XR software packages on the router, and booting up the router.
Table 4
Linux-Based PC Minimum System Requirements
Requirement Type
Minimum Requirements
System hardware
IBM PC-compatible 500 MHz PentiumIII minimum, 1.20 GHz Pentium IV recommended.
Operating System
Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf) or any Linux operating system on which Java
Development Kit (JDK) 1.4.2 runs.
Memory (RAM)
256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended.
Available drive space
CWI=5MB, JRE=48MB.
Additional software
One of these browsers:
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Netscape Navigator 4.77 or higher.
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Netscape Navigator 7.0 or higher.
JRE version 1.4.2.
Refer to the Sun website for latest minimum system requirements for the JRE on Linux.
Monitor display settings
Minimum recommended screen resolution=1024 by 768 pixels.
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